Indexes
November 2nd, 2009
November 7th, 2009
November 6th, 2009
November 5th, 2009
November 4th, 2009
November 3rd, 2009
November 2nd, 2009
The following stories have received the most reader comments during the last 7 days.
- Bible is entwined with American civic life (135)
- I predict: A conservative tide will rise in 2010 (73)
- David Diskin is first to give an invocation under new city of Lodi policy (70)
- The Treaty of Tripoli hoax (60)
- Universal health care solves big problems (54)
- Here's what my father knew about the assassination of JFK (35)
- Stuck in neutral? Hardly! (35)
- Words from our forefathers (27)
- City of Lodi staff looking into possibility of limiting number of taco trucks (24)
- Majority cannot deprive the minority (24)
ADVERTISEMENT
Sieglock beats Hegyi, Sander in District 10 race
Jack Sieglock of Lodi was headed to victory late Tuesday night, fending off two challengers in the Republican primary to represent the 10th Assembly District.
Jack Sieglock
"We're very pleased with the numbers — so the race looks good, obviously," Sieglock said.
Sieglock, 50, a former Lodi City Councilman and San Joaquin County supervisor, did not declare victory, but sounded confident the results would stay in his favor into the night.
With all precincts in the district reporting, Sieglock had 43.1 percent of the vote followed by Paul Hegyi with 29.5 percent and David Sander with 27.4 percent. All results are unofficial.
See results
Sieglock will face Alyson Huber, who grew up in Lodi and now lives in El Dorado Hills, in the November general election.
Sieglock cruised to a victory in San Joaquin County, where he earned 62 percent of the vote with 39 percent of all precincts reported. He also fared well in Amador County, earning 48 percent of the vote, with all precincts reporting.
Hegyi, 31, the chief of staff for a Southern California Assemblyman, did well in El Dorado County, taking 47.83 percent of the vote.
At around 11:23 p.m., Hegyi said he had called Sieglock to concede defeat.
Hegyi said the party can retain the district in the general election.
"I'm confident he can win in November," Hegyi said of Sieglock. "This is a conservative seat (and) people in this district have conservative values."
A representative for the Sander campaign late Tuesday only said "results are still coming in."
Sander, 39, a Rancho Cordova City Councilman, appeared poised to be the top vote-getter in Sacramento County where he had collected 36.76 percent of the vote.
The three men were vying for the chance to run for the seat left vacant by a termed-out Alan Nakanishi, R-Lodi.
Nakanishi had endorsed Sieglock in the campaign, one of many key endorsements Sieglock received.
With each candidate billing themselves as the true conservative who was best-equipped to bring fiscal order to Sacramento while reducing taxes, a little mud was expected as the candidates sought to separate themselves from their opponents.
And for a district that has traditionally been Republican, the close-fought primary race has been one of the few entertaining campaigns of the election.
The campaign turned nasty in the last weeks with the Sander camp sending out a mailer implying Hegyi was a Southern Californian outsider with a rap sheet.
Hegyi was a longtime staffer for Assemblyman Van Tran, R-Garden Grove. In 2004, he was arrested for prowling after he was found loitering outside a post office checking on Van Tran's campaign mail.
The case was dismissed, and Hegyi said his opponent was trying to undermine the fact he had lived in Sacramento for most of his life.
Hegyi also had to respond to allegations by a Sander consultant that he was a liberal with no record of voting Republican. He called those claims the "tactics of a losing campaign."
To fight back, Hegyi used his own mailer to brand Sander and Sieglock as liberals.
Sieglock also used a mailer to call Hegyi and Sander liberals.
Sander received much of his support from his home base as well as an endorsement from the Lodi Firefighters Association.
Hegyi earned the praise of several current members of the Assembly as well as state senators and even members of U.S. Congress.
Many of the politicians who supported Hegyi hail from Southern California. And while his opponents tried to use that against him, Hegyi stood by his Sacramento roots as well as connections throughout the district to keep his political momentum.
Hegyi said he talked with nearly 20,000 voters in the district while walking precincts.
Contact City Editor Andrew Adams at andrewa@lodinews.com
Search for Ads 
Today’s Print Ads 
RSS Feeds
Reader Feedback
al da long wrote on Jun 4, 2008 11:04 PM:
Billy Rubin wrote on Jun 4, 2008 6:22 PM:
I don't want to wait for the rush. "
Whoa Nellie! wrote on Jun 4, 2008 5:22 PM:
Cog- the only people who dont want redistricting are the blowhard politicians. When you say 'nothing will change' I'm guessing you mean "nothing will get done..." "
Mrs. S. wrote on Jun 4, 2008 11:42 AM:
I'm glad Sieglock won. I met him and Brenda long ago, and they seem like nice people. "
Observer wrote on Jun 4, 2008 8:54 AM:
papercut wrote on Jun 4, 2008 8:39 AM:
Cogito wrote on Jun 4, 2008 8:18 AM:
Comments on this story are now closed.